An armed man who was shot Monday by law enforcement as they were pursuing a stolen vehicle on Interstate 16 in Emanuel County remains in a Savannah hospital, being treated for injuries sustained in the exchange of gunfire. Larry Eugene Jones of Orlando, Florida, was driving the stolen “bobtail” truck — one without a trailer — when Treutlen County sheriff’s deputies spotted it and identified it as having been stolen from Laurens County, said Emanuel County Sheriff J. Tyson Stephens in a statement released Tuesday. Treutlen County law enforcement pursued the truck, driven by Jones, into Emanuel County on Interstate 16 around 3:45 p.m. Monday, he said.
Police shoot armed truck theft suspect
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